This time, it’s official: there will be tennis at Flushing Meadows from August 31 to September 13. If the American media had sold the fuse on Monday as to the intentions of the American Federation (USTA), the latter was awaiting official authorization from the authorities. She got it on Tuesday via a tweet from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. The US Open will be organized behind closed doors and under exceptional health security conditions, as Novak Djokovic himself revealed a few days ago.
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09/25/2020 At 7:02 AM
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“To protect the players and tournament staff, the USTA will take extraordinary precautions by increasing the number of tests, systematically cleaning the facilities and expanding the locker rooms. Other measures will be taken for the travel and accommodation of the persons concerned.“, announced the governor. The participants should thus be accommodated in hotels near the airport and will not be able to go to Manhattan. Only one person (their coach probably) will be able to accompany them on the site of the tournament.
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And now, who will be there?
Put under “bubble”, the tournament and these drastic measures could have a repelling effect on several big names of the circuit. While Roger Federer has withdrawn from the event and the rest of the season because of her right knee, Simona Halep has already made it known that she will not travel outside of Europe in 2020 If he has softened his speech in recent days, Novak Djokovic had found it more reasonable to prepare for a recovery in September on clay. For his part, defending champion Rafael Nadal has indicated that he will not make the trip as it is, but that, depending on the situation, he could participate in the event.
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Djokovic and the US Open: “It is our great wish to play the tournament”
For others, like US and lower-ranked players, this announcement comes as a relief. But the organizational arrangements for the event have not yet been fully specified. The schedule for the resumption of the season should be unveiled in the coming days. According to American media, the Masters 1000 in Toronto should be canceled and a joint tournament (ATP and WTA) would be organized in Washington from August 16.
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As for the Cincinnati Masters 1000, it will be moved to the US Open venue in New York to be played just before. The qualifications of the American Major (in return for financial compensation for the players concerned) and the tournament in Winston-Salem will pay the price.
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